February 5: Biden’s foreign policy takes amorphous shape

In which, another Covid wave recedes, Team Biden scores early, Myanmar provides a case study in coups, and China waits in the wings

Turning the Covid corner

Perhaps the biggest and best news of the week came with the steep decline of Covid cases both nationally and globally. It would seem that at the macro level things are improving, or at least the second wave of the pandemic is receding.

What caused it? While it’s easy to point to more vaccines getting approved and distributed, the …